Black-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus bulleri
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,587
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Description
The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri), also called Buller's gull or tarāpuka (Māori), is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-billed gull”.